Illuminated safety bumper for automobiles



March 23 1926. 1,577,937

E. SLUSSER ILLUMINATED SAFETY BUMPER FOR AUTOMOBILES Original Filed Febv 1. 1924 wmrewm a woewtoz I Patented Mar. 23, 1926.

PATENT QFFICE.

EUGENE SLUSSEB SANTA ROSA, CAIIIFORNIA.

IIIIUIINATED SAFETY BUMPER FOB AUTOMOBILES.

I Application filed February 1, 1924, Serial No. 889,906. Renewed February 18, 1926.

nated Safety Bumpers for Automobiles, of

which the following is a specification, reference being bad therein to theaccompanying .10 drawings.

This invention relates to an illuminated safety bumper for automobiles and it has for its object to associate with an automobile bumper, lights, arranged to delimit the width 16 of the vehicle by which it is carried for the benefit of the drivers of other vehicles.

It is a well known fact that many serious accidents have been caused because the driver of one vehicle, dazzled by the lights of an approaching vehicle, has been unable to ju ge with accuracy the position of such other vehicle and consequentl collided with the same. By locating smal lights, which are not ofsuch brilliance as to dazzle, but

55 which accurately indicate the extreme width of the vehicle, -at the extremities of the bumpers, such accidents may be prevented.-

It is intended to use the lamps both in conjunction with front and rear bumpers, though they have their greatest utility when used with'the front bumpers.

Further. objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in t e detailed descri tion which follows.

In t e accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 isa plan view of a bumper having the invention'ap lied thereto; and

Fig. 2 is an en" arged transverse sectional tlziew 1through said bumper on line 2-2 of e numerals designate corr nding parts in both of the es of the rawing. In the drawing 5 designates a ring steel loop constituting the body portion of the bumper and6 the rearwardly extending supportlng arms by which the body portion of the bum er is secured to the automobile. Electric amps 7 and 8 project forwardly of the inner run of the loop 5, indicated at 5,

0 and terminate rearwardly of the outer 'run of said loop, indicated at 5". Thus the inner run serves to support the lamps-and the outer run serves to protect said lamps from will burn. The lenses 19 of the lamps are coming into forcible contact with objects which would bend or break them. For securing the lamps to the rear runb, I employ clamps consisting of outer portions 9 and in ner portions 10, the two being drawn forcibly toward each other and into binding engagement with the run 5 by screws 11, 12 W and 13. Rubber or leather pads,9, 10 may 1 be placed between these clamp sections and the bumper, if desired. 1

The inner sections 10 of the clamps have inwardly projecting cars 14 formed thereon and these ears, in turn, have jaws 15 pivotally connected thereto at 16, said jaws being adapted to engage'over a hollow rod 17 and to be bound in firm engagement therewith by screws 18.

The lamps are rigidly mounted upon the outer ends of the hollow rod 17 and may be secured thereto by soldering, brazing or in any other way. The hollow rod serves as a A conduit for the passage of the electric wire to the lamps and it is intended that the lamps shall be connected to-the headlights of the automobile so that whenever the headlights are lighted these lamps made thick and strong to resist accidental blows.

It is to be-understood that the invention'i's not limited to the recise structure herein shown and describe because it is manifest 5 that the. pqosition of the lamps may be varied and t at other types of c amping means may be employed within the skill of the mechanic. I Q

It is to be understood that the invention includes within its purview whatever changes fairly come within either the terms or the spirit of the appended claims.

Having described my invention what I claim is:

1. The combination with an automobile bumper comprisin inner and outer runs, of two-part clamps a apted to embrace the inner run, screws for drawing the two parts of the clamp together that rtion of the two-part clamp lying inward y of the inner run having an inwardly projected ear and a pivoted jaw, means for binding said pivoted aw to the ear, a hollow rodsupported horizonta'll by said ,clamps'and'e ectric lam s carr by said hollow rod and located a j acent the ends of the bumper, the wires of said lamp passing through said horizontal rod.

2. In a device of the character described the combination with a bumper comprising front and rear runs, of clamps secured to the rear run, a. horizontall disposed rod supported by said clamps an extending substantially the full length of the bumper and constituting a conduit for electric wires and 10 forwardly directed electric lamps at the outer ends of. said rod, secured directly to said rod and supported thereby.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

' EUGENE SLUSSER. 

